Πίωρ
Pior
Translated by Catharine Roth30 Oct 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
This man, being a monk, used to eat while walking around. When someone asked, "Why do you eat this way?" he said, "I do not wish to treat food as a serious work, but as an incidental matter."1 But to another inquirer he answered, "So that my soul may not receive bodily pleasure in eating."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πίωρ· οὗτος μοναχὸς ὢν περιπατῶν ἤσθιε. πυθομένου δέ τινος, διατί οὕτως ἐσθίεις; οὐ βούλομαι, ἔφη, τῷ βρώματι ὡς ἔργῳ χρήσασθαι, ἀλλ' ὡς παρέργῳ. πρὸς ἄλλον δὲ ἐρωτήσαντα ἀπεκρίνατο· ἵνα μὴ ἐν τῷ ἐσθίειν, φησίν, ἡδονῆς σωματικῆς αἰσθάνοιτο ἡ ψυχή.
Betacode
*pi/wr: ou(=tos monaxo\s w)\n peripatw=n h)/sqie. puqome/nou de/ tinos, diati/ ou(/tws e)sqi/eis; ou) bou/lomai, e)/fh, tw=| brw/mati w(s e)/rgw| xrh/sasqai, a)ll' w(s pare/rgw|. pro\s a)/llon de\ e)rwth/santa a)pekri/nato: i(/na mh\ e)n tw=| e)sqi/ein, fhsi/n, h(donh=s swmatikh=s ai)sqa/noito h( yuxh/.
Notes (1)
- A hermit and disciple of St. Anthony in Egypt (4th century), Pior belonged to the eremitical community in the the Baid desert on the Nile.
For the Suda's anecdotal material on him here cf. Socrates Scholasticus, Historia ecclesiastica 4.23 (web address 1); Apophthegmata patrum 4.42. - 1Sharper in the Greek: not an ergon but a parergon. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 ccel.org
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Revision history3 revisions · last 4 Oct 2013
- another note — David Whitehead
- changed link — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth